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Hematite

Floater

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Description
Locality: 
Hormuz Island, Hormozgan Province, Iran
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 1.2 × 1.2 cm
Description

Floater group of hematite crystals with a pseudo bipyramidal hexagonal habitus, black colour and of good metallic lustre. It is completely free of damages. These hematites from the Hormuz Island are quite rare in collections but they can be considered as “Classics” cause some crystals have been used as jewellery since at least 1800 years BC (Makovicky et al., 2014).

This specimen was found on March 26th/2019.

 

Makovicky, E.; Parisatto, M. & Højlund, F. (2014). Non-Destructive Investigation of a Scalenohedral Hematite Pendant from Bahrain, 1800 years BC. Archaeometry 57 (1).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

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